COLLECTION of glees, catches, and part-songs, by S. Webbe, Callcott, Stevens, Elliott, W. Hawes, and others of the best-known glee-writers of the 18th cent., with some madrigals and other pieces of an earlier style. Five volumes. Paper; ff. 148, 228, 222, 181, 172. xixth cent. Quarto and Oblong Folio.
Scope & Content:
Music: Catches and glees: 18th, 19th centt. Samuel Webbe, the elder; composer and organist: Glees, etc.: 18th 19th centt. William S- Stevens: Part-songs: 19th cent. William Hawes, singer, conductor and composer: Part-Music: 18th, 19th centt. James Elliott, singer and composer: Part-music: 18...